Alphabetical symbols.



I. HILL.

ALPHABETICAL 8YHBOLS..

APPLIOATIOH mum NOV. 19, 1909.

. 1,021, 1 89, Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

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IRVING HILL, OF WALLACE, CALIFORNIA.

ALPHABETICAL SYMBOLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

Application filed November 18, 1909. Serial No. 528,656.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRVING HILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wallace, in the county of Calaveras, State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AlphabeticalSymbols; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in alphabetical symbols for codecipher purposes, the object of the present invention being to producesymbols for the letters of the alphabet in which each and everycharacter will be drawn from a common base and which can be readilytraced from such base, also to produce symbols for an alphabet having aseparate designation for each sound, such designations being traceablefrom said common base. Also symbols for an alphabet in which all thesigns and marks and symbols are likewise taken from a common base, thewhole scheme of the invention being to have a systematic and uniformmeans for producing symbols representing letters and all of which aretaken from a common and standard basic designation whereby each andevery symbol for each letter can be readily traced and deduced from saidcommon base. These objects I accomplish by such structure and relativearrangement of lines as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claim.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a plan of the basic structure used for taking the symbols ofthe alphabet showing the designating points by numbers. Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing the desig nating points lined to show the symbolicletter structure hereinafter set forth. Figs. 3, 4 and 5 show symbolsfor letters deduced from the common base shown in Figs. 1 and 2 allwhich will be described hereinafter.

As shown in Fig. 1 the base of my improved symbols for an alphabetconsists in a square plate having a plurality of indicating points asshown by the numerals on Said Fig. 1. In Fig. 2 these several points anyarrangement could be adopted, but after one had been chosen, it shouldthereafter be made standard to avoid confusion. As will be seeninnumerable designations can be drawn from this common base, and in thespecification following I will merely give an example of each class ofletter so as to illustrate the matter, but I do not desire to beunderstood as limiting myself to such. Fig. 3 gives in large size a fewof the designations obtainable with the points from which they arededuced shown by corresponding numerals. These numerals, however, wouldnot be used in general practice, but merely for study purposes.

In the general scheme for the symbols of the alphabet the square istaken as the common and universal designation, and the point lines drawnthereon. Thus the first letter shown in Fig. 3 the same is taken on theline 311 and designates e as in met men and sell The second one is takenon the lines 3-11 and 1517 and designates e as in her herd and fern andso on for any designations desired.

Fig. 4 shows designations for all the vowels and the different sounds ofeach vowel. Thus the first one is taken on the line 157 and designates aas in fate, aid and lace and so on the remaining ones designate theremaining vowels and sounds for each, each one being deducible from thecommon base.

Fig. 5 shows the consonants drawn from the common base for example, thefirst one being on line 1-9 and standing for b From the foregoingdescription it will be readily seen that by taking the common base shownin Figs. 1 and 2, any set of designations for alphabetical lettersdesired can be drawn and used for any cipher purposes desired. If wordsare to be symbolized, I would simply set the letter symbols side by sideto spell the word.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful anddesire to se- In testimony whereof I my signature cuXe by Letters Pagentis f In in presence of twogzvitnesses. V designating asic orm or ma 'nV; I 7

symbols for numerals or letters, comprising? if IRVING HILL 5 a squaredivided into a plurality of points Witnesses:

and lines prejected to all alined points, as '7 PERCY J. WEBSTER, ndescribed. V J. B. WEBSTER.

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